Marcellus, of Ancyra, his heresy, [1122]237.
Manifestation, of the Spirit, what, [1123]171.
Martyrs, compared with Socrates, [1124]19; their astonishing tortures, [1125]19.
Matthew, his immediate cure, [1126]62.
Matthias, [1127]366.
Materialists, [1128]25.
Men, praise or blame of not to be regarded, [1129]303; when but beasts in human form, [1130]308; here but sojourners, [1131]359; all dependent on each other, [1132]361; so by God's decree, [1133]362; how legislators to themselves, [1134]363; but women if easily deceived, [1135]384.
Merchant, portraiture of a generous one, [1136]58; for the contrary, see [1137]Commerce.
Mercy, of God no plea for our negligence, [1138]136; a cause why men should fear, [1139]49, [1140]50; God's chief attribute, [1141]273; seeketh out the worthy, [1142]280; assimilates to God, [1143]358; a greater thing than raising the dead, [1144]358.
Merciful, the, in the highest sense a man, [1145]358; a priest, [1146]374; like to God, [1147]374; his altar, Christ's body, [1148]374; and greater than the Christian altar, [1149]374.
Merit, of human works altogether disclaimed, [1150]3, [1151]6; this disclaimer involved in the doctrine of Baptismal regeneration, [1152]6.
Messengers of the Churches, the, who, [1153]364; persons chosen such, above suspicion, [1154]364; why several, [1155]265; except Titus unknown to the Corinthians, [1156]365.
Mind, not the body, cause of sin, [1157]99, [1158]181. See [1159]Body.
Miners, their misery, [1160]137.
Ministers, for the sake of the people, [1161]55; not to grow weary of repeating plain truths, [1162]33; their unworthiness does not hinder the effect of the Sacraments, [1163]44; only stewards, and not to be puffed up by their stewardship, [1164]56.
Miracles, visible, why they ceased, [1165]31; may be wrought by bad men, [1166]44; why inferior to prophecy and teaching, [1167]186; not in operation in Chrysostom's time, [1168]320; the first Christians wrought them, [1169]414.
Misquotation of Scripture, danger of, [1170]206.
Mistaken way of defending the Gospel, [1171]14.
Moabites, the, [1172]394.
Modesty, ill-timed does harm, [1173]381; taught by St. Paul's example, [1174]399.
Monarchs, their festal days a time of gifts, [1175]337.
Money, the love of, a severe mistress, [1176]315; its captives more than lust's, [1177]315, [1178]391; incompatible with righteousness, [1179]371; makes freemen slaves, [1180]371; none but pitiful persons possessed with, [1181]389; compared with sexual desire, [1182]389; no indulgence given to it by the Gospel, [1183]389; is not implanted in us, [1184]389; how overcomes more persons than lust, [1185]389; the five foolish virgins fell by it, [1186]390.
Monks, an order of (perhaps) married, [1187]178.
Moors, the, [1188]412.
Moses, with Jethro an example of humility, [1189]4; also in joining his oppressed people, [1190]5; was stoned by the Jews, [1191]27; more famous for love to others than for miracles, [1192]146; his privileges less not only than the Apostles' but than Christians generally, [1193]311; the glory of his countenance, [1194]311; his glory, not the tables, [1195]310; it is seen, partaken and surpassed by those who turn to God, [1196]313; his love for his people, [1197]352; listened to Jethro's counsel, [1198]366; left the story written, why, [1199]366; once fled from fear, [1200]399; shone by suffering, [1201]401.
Motives, approve acts, [1202]393.
Mourners, hired at funerals, [1203]72; others, [1204]276; derive comfort from punishing themselves, [1205]335.
Mourning, not to be excessive, [1206]165 and note; for others' sins, [1207]84; for the dead, if excessive, against. analogy, Providence, and Scripture examples, [1208]253. See [1209]Consolations, [1210]Bereavements.
Mouth, the, God's table, when filled with thanksgiving, [1211]309; the porch of Christ's temple, [1212]418; announceth God's oracles, [1213]418; to be kept undefiled, [1214]418.
Munificence, determined not by amount of gift, but mind of the giver, [1215]357, [1216]371; its reward in spiritual abundance, [1217]360, [1218]371, [1219]372; yet hath both a temporal and a spiritual recompense, [1220]371; maketh men approved, [1221]374.
Mutilation of the body, punished even by the heathen, [1222]182.
Mysteries, why the Gospel so called, [1223]34; and the Sacraments, [1224]34; exclude human explanations, [1225]34, [1226]35; how the preaching of them consists with reserve, [1227]35; how believers and unbelievers look upon them, [1228]35; the danger of making them too cheap, [1229]35; unmeet for unbelievers, [1230]318.
Naaman, [1231]389.
Names of men, a token of unsound doctrine, [1232]1; of Apostles, sectarian use of, [1233]11; of Paul, Apollos and Cephas used by way of supposition for teachers not named, [1234]11; of Christ, supersedes all human names, [1235]12; why continually repeated, [1236]7; used schismatically, [1237]12; names given to children should be those of the Saints, [1238]71.
Narthex, what part of the Church, [1239]179, (note.)
Nature, its corruption no excuse for sin, [1240]10; another name for God, [1241]151; tyranny of, [1242]291.
Necessity, God allows men to make a virtue of, [1243]56.
Nicodemus, [1244]284.
Ninevites, the, why pardoned, [1245]280; their repentance how shown, [1246]299; benefitted by threat of ruin, [1247]401.
Noah, left in the deluge as a spark to kindle a new race, [1248]205; the days of, [1249]281.
Nocturnal processions at marriages condemned, [1250]69.
Nomad Scythians, [1251]352.
"Not I but the Lord" refers to an express word of Christ, [1252]106.
Numbers, where they avail with God, where not, [1253]281.
Nurses, their superstitions foolery, [1254]71.
"O foolish one, that which thou sowest," meaning of, [1255]249.
"O God, my God," force of the expression in the prophets, [1256]6.
Obedience, the test of, in disciples, [1257]297.
Offending God, the only ill, [1258]274; to be feared more than hell, [1259]334.
Ointment, said to suffocate swine, [1260]302.
Omission, in rhetoric, how made effective, [1261]367.
One God, applied to the Father does not prevent the application of the phrase to the Son, [1262]114.
Obscurity of Scripture, no reason for inattention, [1263]221.
OEconomy, practiced by Paul, [1264]7, [1265]8; of the divine persons, a doctrine necessary to explain many parts of Scripture, [1266]237, [1267]238.
Offence, see [1268]Scandal.
Old leaven; what, [1269]87.
Olympius, the Sophist, [1270]113.
Opposition to the truth, sometimes an encouragement, [1271]261.
Orders, distinction of the ministry, typified in the old law, [1272]126.
Outward Man, the, complete decay of, the greater gain, [1273]326.
Party Spirit, springs from the people, [1274]45.
Paul, beaten at Corinth, [1275]1; his modesty, [1276]1; praises the Corinthians for what end, [1277]7; his use of the name of Christ, [1278]7; his prudence in not committing his informants, [1279]11; prefers St. Peter to himself, [1280]11; why he did not commonly baptize, [1281]12; bolder on coming to quotations from Scripture, [1282]17; his later grace, a crown on his improvement of the former, [1283]28; military cast of his character, [1284]29; not eloquent, [1285]29; had a strong sense of fear, [1286]30; prepares skilfully for topics to come, [1287]51; puts case in his own and Peter's name, [1288]55; why he declines the judgment of men, [1289]59; his skilful mode of dealing with the Corinthians, [1290]72; his tenderness toward them, [1291]73, [1292]74; portraiture of the Apostle in his imitation of Christ, [1293]74, [1294]75; his policy in sending Timothy, [1295]78; like a lion to the Corinthians, [1296]78; tempered meekness with severity, [1297]79, (note;) cites the heathen as a reproach to Christians, [1298]83; his good sense, [1299]84; his energy, [1300]84; exercising the power of the keys, [1301]85; his reserve in declaring pardon to the fornicator, an imitation of Christ, [1302]87; his voluntary poverty, [1303]88; how he possessed all, [1304]88; method of speaking incidentally on other subjects, [1305]91, [1306]163, [1307]228; extraordinary and unexpected turns in his arguments, [1308]96; mode of awakening sinners, [1309]100, [1310]111; varies his discourse as the matter required, [1311]105; his rule on mixed marriages, [1312]106; his doctrine of liberty and slavery, [1313]108; rules concerning virginity, [1314]110; care of avoiding scandal, [1315]116, [1316]118; suffered poverty to avoid it, [1317]122; his modest assertion of his right to maintenance, [1318]119; the Apostle of the world, [1319]ib.; his wisdom, [1320]121, [1321]126, [1322]128; his moderation, and condescension to all, [1323]128; why he circumcised others, [1324]128; avoided display, [1325]127; his conversion and argument against fatalism, [1326]129; mode of dealing with sins, [1327]133, [1328]149; his fear for himself, a warning against presumption, [1329]132; his method of convincing, [1330]138, [1331]139, [1332]158; his care for the common good, [1333]161, [1334]146; excelled all the old Saints in love, [1335]146; method of using common examples, [1336]175, [1337]176; mode of praise and censure, [1338]150; appeals to high principles on ordinary topics, [1339]150; his very presence a visitation, [1340]159; more to be admired for his love than his miracles, [1341]193; paid rent for his house in Rome, [1342]212; how he overcame vainglory, [1343]213; his humility, [1344]230; an example to us, [1345]231; his delicacy in speaking of others, [1346]264; his reasons for writing the second Epistle, [1347]271; his humility, [1348]272, [1349]273, [1350]278, etc., etc.; after comfort lay not softly down, [1351]273; had a spring of continual joy in God, [1352]275; advertises the disciples of his estate, why, [1353]278; had anticipated death, [1354]279; his rejoicing in a good conscience, [1355]286; disclaimed fleshly wisdom, [1356]286; shares the glory of his good works with his disciples, [1357]287; refers his teaching to the test of the great day, [1358]287; kept not his promise, why, [1359]288; the servant of the Spirit, [1360]288, [1361]294; did not know all things beforehand, [1362]289; nor always what was expedient, [1363]289; came not, to give time for repentance, [1364]294; gentler in this Epistle, [1365]294; desired not to be made sorry, for the disciples' sake, not his own, [1366]295; his tender affection, [1367]296; his wisdom, [1368]296, [1369]347, etc., etc.; mingled praise with blame, [1370]296, [1371]347, [1372]356, [1373]393; used the cautery with pain, [1374]296; not ashamed to defend himself, [1375]296; moderates the Corinthians' anger against the incestuous person, [1376]297; leaves, yet does not leave, the Corinthians' power to forgive him or not, [1377]298; his trouble at not finding Titus, [1378]300; refers all to God, [1379]301, etc., etc.; anticipates and meets an objection against himself, [1380]305; hewed men's hearts to write on, [1381]306; wore the King's image, and so his garments wrought, [1382]314; a servant, [1383]319; interprets himself when obscure, [1384]322; had been lost if God punished always on sin, [1385]324; makes an objection serve his own cause, [1386]328, [1387]288, [1388]294, [1389]351; glories for others' sakes, [1390]331; to stop the false Apostles, [1391]331; how, mad to God, [1392]ib.; his blamelessness, [1393]337; shown also in his use of spiritual gifts, [1394]338; attracted grace by good works, [1395]338; made what he was by love, [1396]338; endured all with pleasure even, [1397]339; possessed all things, [1398]339; especially all spiritual things, [1399]340; his care for the poor, [1400]340; for unbelievers, [1401]340; for the churches, [1402]ib.; displays love before rebuking, [1403]342; his love embraced the world, [1404]342; shown in all his Epistles, [1405]343; testifies also in all to the disciples' love for him, [1406]343; tempers his rebukes, [1407]294, [1408]343, etc.; his oratorical use of interrogations in quick succession, [1409]344; his joy in his disciples, it overcame his tribulations, [1410]348; cites Titus for witness, [1411]348; endears Titus to the Corinthians, [1412]348, [1413]358; encourages some, [1414]349; treats tenderly when he can do so without harm, [1415]297, [1416]350, [1417]352; fears for the whole church, [1418]352; compels not but draws the disciples on, [1419]359, [1420]360; chose to suffer hunger among the Corinthians, [1421]360; received from others often, yet not ashamed, [1422]362; mentions Titus only of the collectors by name, why, [1423]364; condescends to avoid the appearance of evil, [1424]364; a devil could not have suspected him of unfaithfulness as to the alms collected, [1425]365; his mouth opened by the church's prayer, [1426]365; feigns to side with the Corinthians, [1427]367; urges from human motives also, [1428]368, [1429]372; prays the Corinthians may have enough, not abundance, [1430]369; and that for good works, [1431]369; this Epistle his eulogium, [1432]375; corrects his own boasting, [1433]375, [1434]383; slow to vindicate the Gospel, much more himself, [1435]376; his freedom from ambition, [1436]376, [1437]410; reasons why he delays to punish the disciples, [1438]377; compared to a general, [1439]377; the achievements of his tongue, [1440]378, [1441]398; dismembered, routs the heretics, [1442]378; not parti-colored in his teaching, [1443]378; perversion of his doctrine no proof against him, [1444]378; the use of his writings recommended, [1445]378; instantaneousness of his conversion proved him free from vainglory, [1446]381; remembered sins before baptism, [1447]381, [1448]383; in boasting studied the disciples' benefit, [1449]383, [1450]386; espoused for Christ, [1451]383; in him all open, [1452]386; speaks not of having supported himself, why, [1453]386; receiving or not receiving, both in him from love, [1454]387; shrinks back often when beginning to boast, [1455]392; sets his trials before his miracles, [1456]396, [1457]397; number, intensity and variety of his trials, [1458]397; his cares for each, the chief thing in them, [1459]397; did not rush on danger, [1460]397; victorious over trials, [1461]397; simply took the world captive, [1462]397; his achievements more than David's, [1463]397; bore in one body what others did in many, [1464]397; ran briefly over all, [1465]398; himself the person caught up, [1466]398; confessed to ignorance, [1467]398; why Christ caught him up, [1468]399; what his thorn, [1469]400, (note;) wounds and heals at once, [1470]406; many steps in his love, [1471]407; suffered not his partners to receive, [1472]408; counted it humbling to have to punish, [1473]409; the characteristic of his wisdom, what, [1474]410; makes the way to repentance easy, [1475]410; threatens often without punishing, in this like God, [1476]413; sometimes adds to the written sense of Scripture, [1477]414; does not purpose punishing to show his power, [1478]414; his words spiritual, [1479]414; his long suffering not weakness, [1480]415; able to punish the bodies of the disciples, [1481]417; yet not able if they repented, [1482]417; prefers the disciples' salvation to his own glory, [1483]417; more vehement toward the end of this epistle, [1484]419.
Peace, given by the bishop, [1485]219.
Penance, how to be determined, [1486]297; the mother of safety, [1487]349; a bandage to be kept on till the wound be cured, [1488]349.